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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Hebrew language

Illustrative: People walk next to pictures of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, Jerusalem, January 12, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 4:19 pm
Israelis choose ‘hostages’ as Academy of the Hebrew Language’s word of 2024
Word ‘hatufim’ revealed to mark Hebrew Language Day, beating Hebrew words for ‘heroism,’ ‘approved for publication’ — which precedes IDF death announcements — by thousands of votes
By ToI Staff
Students at the Tel Aviv University campus for the Hebrew Language Olympics, on April 5, 2023. (courtesy)
April 10, 2024, 11:43 pm
‘Linguistic challenges and riddles’ at Hebrew Language Olympics
Some 3,700 youth participate in annual contest inaugurated by Tel Aviv University in 2021; after final round last weekend, winners to be announced at June awards ceremony
By Gavriel Fiske
Sephardic, Ashkenazi, and Mizrahi men in Jerusalem, c. 1900. (YIVO Institute for Jewish Research via JTA)
September 9, 2023, 10:57 am
NYC exhibit shows Israeli Hebrew didn’t kill Yiddish, it gave it a new nest to live in
‘Palestinian Yiddish: A Look at Yiddish in the Land of Israel Before 1948,’ opens this week, shows how the old language survived in the new Israel – sometimes hiding in plain sight
By Ghil‘ad Zuckermann
Illustrative: Students at Harlem Hebrew Academy charter school have Hebrew incorporated into all subjects save for English language arts. (Courtesy: Hebrew Public)
May 6, 2023, 4:13 pm
Harlem Hebrew, decade-old bilingual Manhattan school, to shutter next month
Decision to close weeks before summer break ‘difficult but necessary,’ says head of Hebrew-language charter schools network
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Police at the site of a sinkhole on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on September 17, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 27, 2022, 2:23 pm
Hebrew Academy picks ‘sinkhole’ as its word of 2022
Selected by online voters, word narrowly beats out ‘governance’ and ‘hallucination’ to take the top spot
By Amy Spiro
Israelis attend the annual Hebrew Book Week, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv on June 12, 2019. (Flash90)
From the WebAugust 1, 2022, 10:30 pm
Israeli activists battle the deeply gendered roots of the Hebrew language
The New York Times reports on efforts by some to create gender-neutral options in Hebrew, while others push back — and the Academy of the Hebrew Language is caught in the middle
Illustrative: A Yeshiva University student wears a face mask on the grounds of the university in New York City, March 4, 2020. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images via JTA)
April 16, 2021, 4:06 am
Yeshiva University plans to end in-person Hebrew lessons indefinitely
Courses in subject will be asynchronous starting in the fall of 2022, turning a pandemic-induced move into a permanent measure
By Shira Hanau
In this Saturday, March 19, 2016 photo, Israeli actress Gal Gadot poses for photos during a press conference to promote the movie: "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
October 15, 2020, 6:04 am
‘What am I, a goat?’ Watch Gal Gadot teach Hebrew slang
The Israeli ‘Wonder Woman’ star posts YouTube video explaining a wide variety of local expressions, from ‘cow, cow,’ to ‘third time, ice cream’
By ToI Staff
London University's School of Oriental and African Studies. (Google street view)
August 20, 2020, 10:51 am
Anatomy of a rumor: London U says Hebrew year abroad not nixed, despite reports
After online criticism over dorms on ‘occupied territory,’ Dr. Yair Wallach claps back at wagging tongues on both sides of the political divide, says language program will continue
By Jenni Frazer
Students in an eighth-grade Hebrew class at Alan B. Shepard Middle School in Deerfield, Illinois, write a Hebrew screenplay together, December 13, 2019. (Ben Sales/JTA)
December 24, 2019, 11:40 pm
Rare Hebrew classes in public schools on the rise in Chicago’s suburbs
Roughly half of the 1,400 US students studying the language outside of private institutions reside in the Windy City, which also houses 9 out of 22 academies offering the courses
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: Students at Harlem Hebrew Academy charter school have Hebrew incorporated into all subjects save for English language arts. (Courtesy: Hebrew Public)
December 24, 2019, 11:39 pm
Secular immersion schools could save Modern Hebrew programs in US universities
Charter schools such as Harlem Hebrew throw students of all backgrounds into the language. The challenge, teachers say, is to keep them studying for life
By Cathryn J. Prince
Children in the pre-K class play the Israeli card game 'Melech HaFelafel' on September 4, 2019. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
October 23, 2019, 3:40 am
Not your Savta’s Hebrew school: Israelis in US create their own language program
Sabra parents in numerous American cities have started after-school courses focusing on Hebrew language and cultural connection, offering an alternative to synagogues
By Melanie Lidman
Lior Gross developed a nonbinary Hebrew system together with their professor Eyal Rivlin. (courtesy)
December 9, 2018, 5:48 am
In an increasingly nonbinary world, is gendered Hebrew willing to adapt?
While applauding the social impetus, Israelis are divided in opinions on an American-based initiative and question its grammatical integrity
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The inscription as it was found in the excavation near the Jerusalem International Convention Center, winter 2018. (Danit Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority)
October 9, 2018, 3:27 pm
Earliest known stone carving of Hebrew word ‘Jerusalem’ found near city entrance
Unearthed in what was an artisan’s village 2.5 km from ancient Temple, inscribed column from 100 BCE features Aramaic, Hebrew, two of the languages used by Jerusalemites of the era
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: The Knesset, Israel's parliament building in Jerusalem. (Orel Cohen/Flash90)
July 18, 2018, 2:45 pm
Final text of Jewish nation-state law, approved by the Knesset early on July 19
The ‘Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People,’ passed by 62-55, with two abstentions
By Raoul Wootliff
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